Adam, a physician by trade, was the son of Jacob Alt III and Mary Drew. He settled with his brothers in Johnson County, Iowa about 1839. He eventually moved to nearby Shelby County, where he platted the town of Harlan. He married Mary Ann Barnett in Ottumwa, Iowa on 17 October 1847. They had at least four children: Mary, Lily, Harvey and Frank.
He later moved to Newton, Iowa, from where he mustered as Captain of Company "C", 22nd Iowa Infantry, on 22 August 1862. He became badly ill during the Siege of Vicksburg, and resigned his commission on 8 August 1863.
He lived in Missouri and Arkansas after the War. In his 1881 pension application, in which he claimed he was totally disabled from his wartime illness, he described himself as 5'10" tall, with dark hair and blue eyes. It is not clear when or why he altered the spelling of the family name; he appears as "Ault" in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 Censuses.
He later moved to Newton, Iowa, from where he mustered as Captain of Company "C", 22nd Iowa Infantry, on 22 August 1862. He became badly ill during the Siege of Vicksburg, and resigned his commission on 8 August 1863.
He lived in Missouri and Arkansas after the War. In his 1881 pension application, in which he claimed he was totally disabled from his wartime illness, he described himself as 5'10" tall, with dark hair and blue eyes. It is not clear when or why he altered the spelling of the family name; he appears as "Ault" in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 Censuses.
Adam, a physician by trade, was the son of Jacob Alt III and Mary Drew. He settled with his brothers in Johnson County, Iowa about 1839. He eventually moved to nearby Shelby County, where he platted the town of Harlan. He married Mary Ann Barnett in Ottumwa, Iowa on 17 October 1847. They had at least four children: Mary, Lily, Harvey and Frank.
He later moved to Newton, Iowa, from where he mustered as Captain of Company "C", 22nd Iowa Infantry, on 22 August 1862. He became badly ill during the Siege of Vicksburg, and resigned his commission on 8 August 1863.
He lived in Missouri and Arkansas after the War. In his 1881 pension application, in which he claimed he was totally disabled from his wartime illness, he described himself as 5'10" tall, with dark hair and blue eyes. It is not clear when or why he altered the spelling of the family name; he appears as "Ault" in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 Censuses.
He later moved to Newton, Iowa, from where he mustered as Captain of Company "C", 22nd Iowa Infantry, on 22 August 1862. He became badly ill during the Siege of Vicksburg, and resigned his commission on 8 August 1863.
He lived in Missouri and Arkansas after the War. In his 1881 pension application, in which he claimed he was totally disabled from his wartime illness, he described himself as 5'10" tall, with dark hair and blue eyes. It is not clear when or why he altered the spelling of the family name; he appears as "Ault" in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 Censuses.
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